President Obama and his wife gave $172,050 – about 6.5 percent of his gross income – to charities in 2008, ABC News’ Jake Tapper and Karen Travers report. The Obamas gave $8,050 – or .3 percent of their gross income – to churches and faith-based charities, which represented nine of the 37 charities, according to his tax return.
Here’s a breakdown of some of the faith-based charity donations from Dan Gilgoff:
* $500 to Apostolic Church of God
* $200 to Brookland Baptist Church
* $500 to Brown AME Church
* $1,000 to Catholic Relief Services
* $150 to Crusade of Mercy
* $100 to First Lutheran Church
* $5,000 to New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
* $500 to St. Leo’s Residence for Veterans
* $100 to St Luke’s United Methodist Church
Vice President Joe Biden reported an income of $269,256 last year – after taxes that comes to $183,315, according to ABC News. The VP’s office says: “The charitable donations claimed by the Bidens on their tax returns are not the sum of their annual contributions to charity. They donate to their church, and they contribute to their favorite causes with their time, as well as their checkbooks.”
The list of Obama’s donations comes after the jump.
The biggest donations were $25,000 contributions to CARE and the United Negro College Fund, but other charities included AIDS Alliance for Children Youth & Families, American Red Cross, Apostolic Church of God, Book Worm Angels, Boys and Girls Club, Bread for the City, Brookland Baptist, Brown A.M.E. Church, Catholic Relief Services, Central Illinois Food Bank, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, the president’s alma mater Columbia University, Crusade of Mercy, Direct Relief International, First Lutheran Church, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Haiti Foundation of Hope, Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Illinois Head Start Association, Illinois Reading Council, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Martin Luther King National Memorial Project, Midtown Educational Foundation, Mujeres Latinas En Accion, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, National Congress of Black Women, National MS Society, New Orleans Areas Habitat for Humanity, Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, Rochelle Lee/Boundless Readers, St. Leo’s Residence for Veterans, St. Luke’s united Methodist Church, The Christopher House, United Negro College Fund and United Way of Galveston.
